#A38BEC#A38BEC

#A38BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.140 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38BEC
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(255, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(255, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 29.96, -45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 54.75, 303.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% 0.0567 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.14 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4734, 32.3072, 83.4969)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38BEC #D4EC8B

analogous

#8BA3EC #A38BEC #D38BEC

triadic

#A38BEC #ECA38B #8BECA3

tetradic

#A38BEC #EC8BA3 #D4EC8B #8BECD3

square

#A38BEC #EC8BA3 #D4EC8B #8BECD3

split-complementary

#A38BEC #ECD38B #A3EC8B

monochromatic

#5024D9 #7956E3 #A38BEC #CDC0F5 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A38BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A38BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A38BEC

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38BEC	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7198EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939DB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.140 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0adf2',
    500: '#a38bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38bec;
$custom-light: #c0adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.845,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69809,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38BEC

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D412A4

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38BEC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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